Two new suspects charged over 2015 Paris attacks

Belgium federal prosecutors have charged two new suspects in connection with the November 2015 Paris attacks claimed by the Islamic State group which left 130 people dead.

The two men, identified as Farid K. and Meryem E. B., are "suspected to have provided Khalid El Bakraoui with the false documents afterwards used in preparation of the Paris attacks," a police statement said.

Bakraoui blew himself up at a Brussels metro station while his brother Ibrahim and another suicide bomber attacked Brussels airport in twin attacks that killed 32 people on March 22 last year.

Some 20 people have been charged in Belgium in connection with the investigation into the Paris attacks.

Gunmen and suicide bombers almost simultaneously targeted a concert hall, stadium, and restaurants in Paris and Saint-Denis on the night November 13, 2015.

President Francois Hollande described the attacks, which left 130 people dead and hundreds injured, as an “act of war.”

Investigators believe the Paris and Brussels attacks were carried out by the same members of the Islamic State group.